Zattoo CEO Nick Brambring added: “This is a milestone. The German market for live TV on the Internet has enormous growth potential. We appreciate RTL Television’s confidence in us and our product. This cooperation can be groundbreaking. Zattoo is a reliable and attractive partner for broadcasters. Of course, the other winners in this are the users, who can now watch live television on all major devices with Internet connectivity. ”

Broadband TV Views. The agreement between RTL and Zattoo is groundbreaking, as it one of the first times that a big private broadcaster chooses to distribute its portfolio of linear channels to an OTT linear platform.§

The decision by RTL Deutschland follows its withdrawal from the DTT market, as it claims the costs of terrestrial distribution are too high to support a viable business model.

By opting to go the OTT route, RTL will make its channels available to people with a proper broadband connection as an alternative to DTT. people in rural areas, and usually without a fast broadband connection, continue to have access via the DTH platform.

RTL’s decision to go with Zattoo is also good news for Swedish Magine, that hopes to roll out yet another streaming live TV service in Germany later this year.

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Speakers’ Corner

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